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OET (OET-LV) But the Youdaiōns, having_been_jealous and having_taken_aside some evil men of_the marketplaces, and having_formed_a_mob, they_were_distressing the city, and having_approached to_the house of_Yasōn, they_were_seeking them to_bring_forth to the public.
OET (OET-RV) But some of the other Jews were envious of them, and enlisted some of the troublemakers from the marketplaces to form a mob. They stirred up all the people, and looking for Paul and Silas so they could bring them out, arrived at the house of a man named Jason.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι
the Jews
Luke is using the name of a whole group, the Jews, to refer to one part of that group, its leaders. Alternate translation: [the leaders of the Jews]
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
τῶν ἀγοραίων
˱of˲_the marketplaces
The marketplace was a public area for business where the buying and selling of goods and services took place. See how you translated this term in 16:20.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τὴν πόλιν
the city
The word city represents the people of the city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the people of the city]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
Ἰάσονος
˱of˲_Jason
Luke does not tell us anything further about this Jason, but the implication is that the Jewish leaders believed that Paul and Silas were staying in his home. You can include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [of Jason, where they believed Paul and Silas were staying,]
Note 5 topic: translate-names
Ἰάσονος
˱of˲_Jason
The word Jason is the name of a man.
Note 6 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτοὺς
them
The pronoun them refers to Paul and Silas. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Paul and Silas]
17:1-9 After traveling through Macedonia to Thessalonica, Paul preached to the Jews first (Rom 1:16) in the synagogue. Here, as elsewhere, there was a mixed response.
OET (OET-LV) But the Youdaiōns, having_been_jealous and having_taken_aside some evil men of_the marketplaces, and having_formed_a_mob, they_were_distressing the city, and having_approached to_the house of_Yasōn, they_were_seeking them to_bring_forth to the public.
OET (OET-RV) But some of the other Jews were envious of them, and enlisted some of the troublemakers from the marketplaces to form a mob. They stirred up all the people, and looking for Paul and Silas so they could bring them out, arrived at the house of a man named Jason.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.